This is the script to turn against the ZSC

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On Wednesday, the HCD felt like Sisyphus, who in Greek legend had to roll a huge stone up a mountain, which kept slipping away from him, forcing him to start all over again. The team of Immonen and Metropolit managed to make up for a deficit twice with enormous effort.

Rasmussen’s 1–1 draw required a penalty from the Lions for too many players on the ice, leading to a double advantage. Bristedt made it 2-2 when goalkeeper Aeschlimann was replaced by a sixth outfield player and after Texier missed the decision into an empty goal.

But for the Sisyphus-HCD, the stone always rolled back down the mountain. Because he makes scoring goals too easy for Zurich. At 0:1, the entire defending group watches as ZSC top scorer Kukan runs down the field (as with his goal on Sunday) and defender Dominik Egli watches the puck instead of goal scorer Riedi. At 1:2, Corvi loses the disc in his own zone to Baechler, who chases strongly, and the 19-year-old then scores, left alone by Dahlbeck. Dominik Egli’s poor pass to Andrighetto’s goal in the 85th minute was even more outrageous.

These are not the only dropouts among the Davosers. Even in the middle third, when the ZSC almost stopped its offensive efforts, the HCD gives the Zurich team some good chances: Bodenmann can only approach Aeschlimann after a fall from Corvi and after a naive penalty from dirt in the attacking zone, it gets Zurich team several good shots.

Davos shot the quarterfinals last year

The HCD is therefore 1:3 behind in the series and has its back against the wall. If he still wants to turn the series around, he should not focus too much on beating the strong ZSC goalie Hrubec, but he should strongly reduce the error percentage in the defense. Especially since the record champions lost the last twelve games in Zurich and have never conceded less than three goals. In the last win in Limmatstadt on January 13, 2019, HCD got only one goal (2:1 aet) – and the next day the Lions replaced coach Aubin with ex-HCD zampano Del Curto.

Even after the many bitter bankruptcies against ZSC (19 in 21 duels), HCD does not seem to be a broken team. And the belief in making a series is fueled by the events of last spring. At the time, Davos won the quarterfinals against the Lakers after trailing 3–0 and conceding three goals to four. Thanks to increased efficiency, improved defensive work (6 goals conceded in 4 matches) and Rappi’s inability.

It is hypothetical whether the public criticism of goalkeeper Aeschlimann by the now dismissed coach Wohlwend played a role. In any case, Captain Ambühl explicitly refrained from beating Dominik Egli for his money in extra time in the TV interview. “It’s normal for mistakes to be made,” he said, without naming a name, defiantly adding, “It’s not finished yet.”

Now the Lions are not the Lakers. But Zurich also lost a 3-0 lead in the last final against Zug.

Source : Blick